“I have experienced many illnesses throughout my life, and also nursed others for many years during my service in a spiritual community. I found that compassion speeds recovery, and that ‘blessings’ towards the patient contribute greatly to healing. I would encourage all health professionals to work with compassion and peace.” Dadi Janki
Dadi (“Elder sister” in Sindhi) Janki, the spiritual head of the Brahma Kumaris, a World Spiritual University, passed away in a private hospital in Mount Abu at 2 am on Friday. She was 104-year-old.
A lady whose only degree was from a `Spiritual University’ preached lessons of management, well being, happiness and handling employees for better productivity; to many business leaders across the Corporate sector. Her focus was on the importance of meditation in our lives and on improving the quality of our thoughts.
Millions of people from across 9000 branches in 100 countries around the world have experienced her child like exuberance and compassion. Her morning Murli lectures at the headquarters in Mount Abu Rajasthan were lessons in mindfulness and insights into the secrets of the `world drama.’
In these difficult times that the world is witnessing, we can take home a very important lesson which Dadi emphasized, “We all are here to play our part. No matter what our role is in the world drama, we need to play our part to the best of our ability. “
When the world media interviewed and asked her secret to being so active at the age of 100, she quipped, “I am really doing nothing, it’s the spiritual power who gets things done through me.I am only the medium.”
Dadi Janki’s Life
Born in 1916 in the Indian province of Sindh, now part of Pakistan, Dadi had become a source of wisdom in the art of living. She started work from 1937 and also spent 40 years based in London from 1974. Inspiring many individuals from different cultures and professions to live according to a higher sense of purpose. Every year there’re more than 30 conferences held for professionals from all walks of life at Mount Abu, the headquarters of Brahmakumaris. Doctors, Journalists, Students, Social Workers, Corporate head honchos and many others. All attend and discuss their sector specific problems and seek answers from each other.
She recognizes that while technological advances in diagnosis and treatment are life-saving and need to be shared globally, many health problems arise from emotional suffering and need to be addressed at a deeper level. Her view was that simple changes in the way we think and feel will secure a healthy future for humanity and a better world.
She was also the brand ambassador of Swachh Bharat Mission
According to www.brahmakumaris.org, Dadi Janki had “unshakeable conviction”. Now the soul has flown and is now in God’s lap. It is a time to pay silent homage to this tireless spiritual server who has ignited many a lives.